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Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership.

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Author:   Dirk van Dierendonck ,  Kathleen Patterson
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349315406

ISBN 10:   1349315400
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   18 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: POSITIONING SERVANT LEADERSHIP Servant Leadership, an Introduction; D.van Dierendonck & K.Patterson Servant Leadership and Robert K. Greenleaf's Legacy; L.Spears Opportunities and Tensions of Servant Leadership; S.Prosser Demystifying Servant Leadership; S.Sendjaya PART II: BECOMING THE SERVANT-LEADER A Modest History of the Concept of Service as Leadership in Four Religious Traditions; C.J.Bekker Servant Leadership and Love; K.Patterson Consciousness, Forgiveness, and Gratitude: The Interior of the Servant-Leader; S.R.Ferch Motivation to Serve: Understanding the Heart of the Servant-Leader and Servant Leadership Behaviors; K.-Yee Ng & C.S-K Koh PART III: BUILDING A SERVANT LEADERSHIP CULTURE The Servant Organization; J.Laub A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Servant Leadership; J.A.Irving Servant Leadership Learning Communities: Incubators for Great Places to Work; A.McGee-Cooper & D.Trammell PART IV: SERVANT-LEADERS INFLUENCE ON FOLLOWERS Servant Leadership and Follower Need Satisfaction; D.M.Mayer Enhancing Innovation and Creativity through Servant Leadership; D.van Dierendonck & L.Rook PART V: STUDYING SERVANT LEADERSHIP The Servant Leadership Assessment Instrument: A Model-based Measurement Instrument; R.Dennis, L.Kinzler-Normhei & M.C.Bocarnea The Place for Qualitative Research Methods in the Study of Servant Leadership; B.E.Winston

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CORNÉ BEKKER Associate Professor, Regent University, South Africa MIHAI C. BOCARNEA Associate Professor, Regent University, South Africa ROB DENNIS Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Ohio, USA SHANN R. FERCH Professor of Leadership, Gonzaga University, Spokake, Washington, USA JUSTIN A. IRVING Associate Academic Dean and Associate Professor, Bethel University, Minnesota, USA LINDA KINZLER-NORMHEI Veterans Industries Coordinator, Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Ohio, USA CHRISTINE KOH Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore JIM LAUB Dean of the MacArthur School of Leadership, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, USA DAVID M. MAYER Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, USA ANN MCGEE-COOPER President, Ann McGee-Cooper& Associates, Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA KOK-YEE NG Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore STEPHEN PROSSER Professor of Leadership and Organization Development, University of Glamorgan, UK LAURENS ROOK Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands SEN SENDJAYA Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia LARRY C. SPEARS President& CEO, Spears Centre for Servant-Leadership, Indiana, USA DUANNE TRAMMELL Executive Vice President, Ann McGee-Cooper& Associates, Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA BRUCE WINSTON Dean of the School of Global Leadership& Entrepreneurship, Regent University, South Africa

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